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8 Stunde De OSCHERSLEBEN 2009 - Germany 31st May


OSCHERSLEBEN 8 STUNDE LIVE TIMING HERE

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RACE RESULTS - ONCE AGAIN STORMS FORCE AN EARLY FINISH!

Just 6¾ hours into the race, 75 minutes to go and, as in 2002 when the race was red flagged for a few hours, an electrical storm descended on the track, forcing and early end to proceedings. From the start of the weekend, "local" (they are, in fact, Austrian) favourites and Le Mans 24 hr winners Yamaha Austria were faster than everyone and backed up their total dominance in qualifying with a win from the front, finishing the shortened race 4 laps ahead of the field. More news when it arrives!

OFFICIAL REPORT:
The 2009 8 Hours of Oschersleben finally lasted 6 h 40! The race had to be interrupted after being hit by a strong thunderstorm and finally stopped as the weather forecast was quite pessimistic for the coming hours. Leading the race from almost the beginning, Igor Jerman, Steve Martin and Gwen Giabbani took victory on the Yamaha Austria Racing Team with a four laps lead over the competition. YART strengthens his favourite status for the 2009 Qtel FIM Endurance World Championship title. After two victories at Le Mans and Oschersleben, YART leads now the championship by 28 points. YART won at Oschersleben ahead of the Italian Yamaha Amadeus X-One of Paolo Tessari, Will Gruy and Ayrton Badovini. Amadeus X-One have taken their first podium after a faultless race and takes the third place in the championship after two races. Third in Germany, RT Racing Team had a fantastic race with Jean-Louis Devoyon, Frédéric Jond and David Morillon. The Franco-Italian Suzuki had always been in the leading group during the race.

Behind them, two teams could have made a come-back towards the end of the race. The Team 18 Sapeurs Pompiers and their Suzuki ridden by Stéphane Molinier, David Brière and Jérôme Tangre finished near the podium, less than one minute from RT Racing Team. Same for Kawasaki Bolliger Switzerland of Horst Saiger, Rico Penzkoffer and Eric Mizera, in fifth place. BK Maco Moto Racing Team was very well placed at the beginning of the race, but they stepped back in sixth place after some fuel pump problems, ahead of AM Moto Racing Competition. The French Suzuki lost some ground in the middle of the race as the gearshift support broke down. The German RMT 21 Racing Germany is eighth, ahead of Suzuki MCS Racing Ipone and the Honda Michelin Power Research Team.

Potential winner and great rival of Yamaha Austria, Honda Michelin Power Research Team lost the pace after three hours of battle with YART, as they had a problem with a stand during a pit stop, then they lost a lot of time as their chain broke down and last but not least they had a crash involving a delayed rider. Bad luck was also with the British team of Phase One Endurance. Starting from the fifth place on the grid, Damian Cudlin crashed after a few laps. Back in the top 10, the British Yamaha was then delayed by a battery problem. Finally, a crash from Pedro Vallcaneras around 8 pm forced Phase One to retire. The Kawasaki Atomic MotoSport also had to retire after their gearbox broke down, as they were holding strongly a third place in the Superstock class.

In the Superstock class, the victory goes to Qatar Endurance Racing Team with Mashel Al Naimi, Rashid Al Mannai and Anthony Delhalle. They managed to hold back the pressure from Yamaha LTG 57 Zone Rouge, with Franck Millet, Branko Srdanov and Michael Lalevée. The Suzuki Endurance Moto 45 with Alexandre Lagrive, Adrien Ganfornina and Nicolas Jaulneau completes the Superstock podium.

The next round of the Qtel FIM Endurance World Championship is the 8 Hours of Albacete, Saturday 4th of July, in Spain.


WHAT A BEAUTIFUL YAMAHA AUSTRIA MACHINE...YES, IT IS IN THE PICTURE SOMEWHERE...

FINAL RESULTS

Pos Nr. TEAM Name Laps Gap Best Last Avg Class Stops
1 7 Yamaha Austria Jerman 257   01:28.5 01:58.4 141.36 EWC 7
2 5 Amadeus X One Tessari 253 4L 01:29.4 01:59.5 139.01 EWC 7
3 69 RT Racing Team & Moto Virus  Devoyon 252 5L 01:30.2 01:57.8 138.54 EWC 7
4 18 18 Sapeurs-Pompiers  Mollinier 252 5L 01:30.4 01:58.3 138.21 EWC 7
5 8 Bolliger Saiger 252 5L 01:29.6 02:01.9 138.16 EWC 7
6 14 BK Maco Moto Racing Team  Ribalta 250 7L 01:29.9 01:59.0 137.36 EWC 8
7 110 AM Moto Racing Competition  Hernandez 250 7L 01:30.0 02:05.3 136.94 EWC 8
8 21 RMT 21 Racing Germany  Depoorter 249 8L 01:30.3 01:56.0 136.89 EWC 8
9 411 MCS Racing  Stibilj 247 10L 01:31.1 02:02.6 135.69 EWC 7
10 63 Michelin Power Research Team  Costes 246 11L 01:28.7 02:06.9 135.25 EWC 8
11 95 Qatar Endurance Racing Team  Al Naimi 246 11L 01:29.9 02:00.3 135.08 Superstock 7
12 57 LTG 57 - Zone Rouge  Millet 246 11L 01:31.8 02:06.5 134.83 Superstock 7
13 61 PS-LSL-X-lite 61  Raub 243 14L 01:32.9 02:02.5 133.42 Open 7
14 65 Motobox Kremer Racing  Steinmacher 241 16L 01:32.3 02:08.8 132.42 EWC 8
15 6 Schittko Motorrad Sport Bitter 240 17L 01:34.5 02:06.9 131.51 Open 6
16 100 Endurance Moto 45  Lagrive 240 17L 01:31.4 02:00.9 131.36 Superstock 7
17 77 Cordoba Patrimonio de La Humanidad  Molina 239 18L 01:33.4 02:09.2 131.22 Superstock 7
18 67 MCP Starteam  Keller 238 19L 01:32.3 01:56.9 130.48 Superstock 9
19 89 JOS Motorsport  Albrecht 237 20L 01:32.5 14:02.0 129.94 Open 9
20 84 Markos Suzuki Serbian Team  Perisic 237 20L 01:32.8 02:10.3 129.79 Superstock 6
21 81 RST-Harz  Geffert 236 21L 01:32.6 02:00.0 129.55 Open 10
22 48 TSV Völpke powered by Schubert Motors  Bergau 236 21L 01:32.7 02:00.7 129.36 Open 9
23 54 Evers ZAB Endurance  Evers 234 23L 01:37.2 02:07.4 128.56 Open 7
24 44 No Limits  Miinin 234 23L 01:29.9 02:05.4 128.36 EWC 12
25 87 Moto Evasion Racing Team  Duvoisin 231 26L 01:34.3 05:43.5 131.51 Superstock 7
26 92 Racing Team Hepelmann  Hepelmann 229 28L 01:30.8 02:02.9 125.94 EWC 8
27 45 Buell Racing Bonn  Ankert 224 33L 01:34.3 02:00.1 122.81 Open 10
28 15 Ventair Zone Rouge  Kapusi 223 34L 01:34.5 02:06.8 122.21 Superstock 8
29 116 Fullgas Racing Team  Boue 221 36L 01:33.9 01:59.5 121.5 Superstock 6
30 3 Phase One Vallcaneras 218 39L 01:29.3 IN PIT 131.99 EWC 8
31 96 Qatar Endurance Racing Team Junior  Al Naimi 216 41L 01:32.6 02:07.8 118.68 Superstock 6
32 37 equipe37  van de Wall 213 44L 01:34.6 02:19.0 116.83 Superstock 8
33 13 PS-LSL-X-lite 13  Röthig 206 51L 01:32.8 IN PIT 118.84 Open 6
34 39 Atomic Motor Sport  Ulmann 190 67L 01:33.1 IN PIT 135.69 Superstock 5
35 115 Innodrom  Platacis 58 199L 01:34.0 01:37.0 116.26 EWC 4
36 25 Atomic Motor Sport II  Elbachir 30 227L 01:34.4 01:34.6 137.57 Superstock 0

TEAM VENTAIR ZONE ROUGE No.15 - 8th IN CLASS

JOAO FERNANDEZ RACE REPORT:
It wasn’t an easy task for Joao Fernandes but he managed it well. After a good start into the 8hours race in Oschersleben (GER) Fernandes worked hard to suit the team mates pace on the long distance tires from Pirelli (the team used an SC4 Pirelli tires in the rear which is good enough for 2 hours in race conditions). They both could follow the top runners in the Superstock Class by only 2 sec down a lap. But after 3 hours the fuel pump made problems and the bike could not use the full amount of revs – therefore the bike was less powerful. After pulling in to change the pump further problems occurred and cost the team high valuable 15 minutes. So the team joined the race in after the pit stop in 33th position only with 4 laps down to next in the class. A strong ride by Joao’s team mate Sylvain Kapusi brought the team back in touch with the Top 10 in the Superstock Class. Meanwhile Rico Penzkofer (Macau Racing Team rider in the international road races) on board of the Bolliger Kawasaki fighting for the podium of the race. Regular Macau Grand Prix Contenders and SKSupport’ client YART from Austria comfortably lead the race all time long finishing on top of the podium – the second race win in a row for the championship leaders of the 2009 World Endurance campaign. Joao’s team came in 8th position of the Superstock category and Penzkofer finished 5th in the Superbike with the Bolliger Kawasaki. Joao Fernandes:”It was a tough race but I had good fun and enjoyed the race. But of course I also saw that I have to work hard for the next race to match the team’s expectations. Its World Championship level and I really wanna go back for the full campaign – maybe we can find a way to do so. It was a great atmosphere and very competitive. I will now go to the TT and will take some time to think about what I need to gain the final 10 % to be with the bests for the next race. I can’t really express myself how I feel at the moment. Everything seems to work out right now and I am really looking forward to the next projects of the Macau Racing Team.” Joao Fernandes will now fly to the Isle of Man together with his team mates Rico Penzkofer and will experience what it is like to ride on the same road as all the legends have done before from Reed to Agostini – from Fogarty to McGuiness.

FRIDAY QUALIFYING TIMES ROUND-UP

Nothing changed on the starting grid after the Superpole, which just took place
at Oschersleben with the ten best qualified teams.

 Yamaha Austria Racing Team will start the 8 Hours of Oschersleben in pole position tomorrow afternoon, ahead of the Honda Michelin Power Research Team and the Kawasaki Bolliger Team Switzerland.

Steve Martin on the YART posted the best lap of 1.27'205, ahead of William Costes in 1.27'74 on the Honda Michelin and Horst Saiger, the Kawasaki Bolliger rider, on 1.28'151.

Behind the leading trio, the Superpole looked like musical chairs, with the Honda
RMT 21 Racing Germany doing their best time with Chris Zaiser, who clocked the
Oschersleben 3667 meters track in 1.28'350.

This allows the German Honda to finally get in front of the British Yamaha of Phase One Endurance and the Slovakian Yamaha of BK Maco Moto Racing Team on the starting grid.

AM Moto Racing Competition gained no profit from Superpole and they remain in seventh place. However, RT Racing Team lost two positions on the grid, to the benefit of Amadeus
X-One and Team 18 Sapeurs Pompiers.

The warm-up of the 8 Hours of Oschersleben, the second round of the Qtel FIM Endurance
World Championship, is scheduled for tomorrow Sunday from 9 am. The start of the race will be at 2 pm, with a night finish at 10 pm.

   Rider 1:

- Horst Saiger - Bolliger Team Switzerland - 1'28:393
- Daniel Ribalta - BK Mako Moto Racing Team - 1'29:267
- William Costes - Michelin Power Research Team - 1'29:454
- Pedro Vallcaneras - Phase One Endurance - 1'29:599
- Olivier Depoorter - RMT 21 Racing Germany - 1'29:895

Rider  2:

- Steve Martin - Yamaha Austria Racing Team - 1'27:847
- Hugo Marchand - Michelin Power Research Team - 1'28:549
- Chris Zaiser - RMT 21 Racing Germany - 1'28:660
- Rico Penzkofer - Bolliger Team Switzerland - 1'28:663
- Mike Minnerop - Racing Team Hepelmann - 1'29:900

Rider  3:

- Gwen Giabbani - Yamaha Austria Racing Team - 1'27:847
- Anthony Delhalle - Qatar Endurance Racing Team - 1'28:333
- Josep Monge - Michelin Power Research Team - 1'29:107
- Fabrice Auger - AM Moto Racing Competition - 1'29:170
- Victor Carrasco - BK Mako Moto Racing Team -1'29:275

Superpole:

- Yamaha Austria Racing Team - 1'27:205
- Michelin Power Research Team - 1'27:741
- Bolliger Team Switzerland - 1'28:151
- RMT 21 Racing Germany - 1'28:350
- Phase One Endurance - 1'28:369

- PROVISIONAL GRID

 

The race is going to be intense at the 8 Hours of Oschersleben between the Honda Michelin Power Research Team and the Yamaha Austria Racing Team. Both supplied by Michelin, these two teams are dominating for now, the second round of the Qtel FIM Endurance World Championship.

With the average time of its three riders, William Costes, Hugo Marchand and Josep Monge, Michelin Power Research Team is credited by a 1.27'968 lap, just ahead of the Yamaha Austria Racing Team of Igor Jerman, Steve Martin and Gwen Giabbani, who signed a 1.27'995 lap. A harsh duel on the track is already scheduled for these French and Austrian permanent teams. William Costes signed the best individual lap on the Honda Michelin Power Research Team in 1.27'531.

On the Kawasaki Bolliger Team Switzerland, Horst Saiger, Rico Penzkofer and Eric Mizera took the third place on this provisional starting grid with a 1.29'732 lap, ahead of the Slovak Yamaha of BK Maco Moto Racing with Dani Ribalta, Andy Melkau and Victor Carrasco in 1.29'794.

After the average lap times from the first qualifying session, the following teams are also in the top 10 : Phase One Endurance, RT Racing Team, RMT 21 Racing Germany, Amadeus X-One and AM Moto Racing, despite an engine breakdown during this morning free practice. For the tenth place, Team 18 Sapeurs Pompiers comes just behind of the German Yamaha of Racing Team Hepelmann.

In the Superstock class, the Suzuki Qatar Endurance Racing Team remains the fastest, ahead of Yamaha LTG 57 Zone Rouge and Endurance Moto 45.

The night tests are scheduled later today from 9 to 10 pm. The second qualifying session will take place tomorrow Saturday from 1 pm.		   Rider 1:

- Michelin Power Research Team - William Costes - 1'27:531
- Yamaha Austria Racing Team - Igor Jerman - 1'28:445
- Bolliger Team Switzerland - Horst Saiger - 1'28:722
- BK Maco Moto Racing Team - Jason Pridmore - 1'29:871
- Phase One Endurance - Pedro Vallcaneras - 1'29:942
- FULL RIDER 1 QUALIFYING

Rider 2:

- Yamaha Austria Racing Team - Steve Martin - 1'27:631
- Michelin Power Research Team - Hugo Marchand - 1'28:130
- Amadeus X One - Ayrton Badovini - 1'29:372
- Racing Team Hepelmann - Mike Minnerop - 1'29:534
- RMT 21 Racing Germany - Thomas Roth - 1'29:770
- FULL RIDER 2 QUALIFYING

Rider 3:

- Yamaha Austria Racing Team - Gwen Giabbani - 1'27:909
- Michelin Power Research Team - Josep Monge - 1'28:243
- Phase One Endurance - Damian Cudlin - 1'29:362
- BK Maco Moto Racing Team - Martin Kuzma - 1'29:611
- AM Moto Racing Competition - Fabrice Auger - 1'29:953
- FULL RIDER 3 QUALIFYING

Total:

- Michelin Power Research Team - 1'27:968
- Yamaha Austria Racing Team - 1'27:995
- Bolliger Team Switzerland - 1'29:732
- BK Maco Moto Racing Team - 1'29:794

OSCHERSLEBEN 8 STUNDE FREE PRACTICE TIMES

MANDY KAINZ/YAMAHA AUSTRIA No.7: "The opening day of our 'home event' was split in 3 supplementary practices and 1 official free practice. The first session was wet, all three other sessions were run in dry conditions. Our Michelin tires worked in all conditions perfectly and in all 4 sessions YART could set the pace with the fastest Laps. So we are happy and hope that the rest of the week will go on like today"

Pos Nr. Name Best Laps Gap Last Avg Class
1 7 Jerman 01:29.0 28   IN PIT 148.37 EWC
2 63 Costes 01:29.2 24 0.188 01:30.5 148.05 EWC
3 3 Vallcaneras 01:29.8 34 0.818 01:29.9 147.01 EWC
4 8 Saiger 01:30.1 32 1.147 01:32.8 146.48 EWC
5 5 Tessari 01:30.9 35 1.894 01:34.2 145.27 EWC
6 14 Ribalta 01:31.2 26 2.197 01:31.8 144.79 EWC
7 44 Miinin 01:31.3 32 2.288 01:34.0 144.65 EWC
8 21 Depoorter 01:31.5 25 2.538 01:34.3 144.25 EWC
9 95 Al Naimi 01:31.7 31 2.681 01:36.8 144.03 Superstock
10 69 Devoyon 01:31.7 29 2.723 IN PIT 143.96 EWC
11 57 Millet 01:31.8 30 2.869 01:32.0 143.73 Superstock
12 92 Hepelmann 01:32.4 28 3.391 01:32.4 142.92 EWC
13 18 Mollinier 01:32.7 29 3.696 01:34.6 142.45 EWC
14 110 Hernandez 01:32.9 27 3.932 IN PIT 142.09 EWC
15 100 Lagrive 01:33.5 31 4.485 01:33.5 141.25 Superstock
16 67 Keller 01:33.9 23 4.892 IN PIT 140.63 Superstock
17 39 Ulmann 01:33.9 29 4.945 IN PIT 140.55 Superstock
18 81 Geffert 01:33.9 33 4.954 01:36.7 140.54 Open
19 411 Stibilj 01:34.0 27 4.98 03:24.5 140.5 EWC
20 89 Albrecht 01:34.3 25 5.346 01:34.7 139.96 Open
21 77 Molina 01:34.4 26 5.446 IN PIT 139.81 Superstock
22 13 Röthig 01:34.6 29 5.609 01:35.4 139.57 Open
23 87 Duvoisin 01:34.7 29 5.768 01:36.7 139.33 Superstock
24 115 Platacis 01:34.8 30 5.812 01:35.0 139.27 EWC
25 65 Steinmacher 01:35.0 29 5.998 01:37.8 139 EWC
26 61 Raub 01:35.1 30 6.08 01:37.6 138.88 Open
27 6 Bitter 01:35.3 24 6.288 01:35.3 138.57 Open
28 45 Ankert 01:35.3 33 6.308 02:39.3 138.54 Open
29 96 Al Naimi 01:35.3 32 6.311 IN PIT 138.54 Superstock
30 84 Perisic 01:35.5 32 6.521 01:38.0 138.23 Superstock
31 37 van de Wall 01:36.1 20 7.084 01:39.6 137.42 Superstock
32 15 Kapusi 01:37.8 26 8.795 01:39.3 135.02 Superstock
33 116 Patault 01:38.3 20 9.278 01:38.3 134.36 Superstock
34 54 Evers 01:38.4 22 9.459 IN PIT 134.11 Open
35 25 Elbachir 01:39.9 19 10.91 IN PIT 132.16 Superstock

OSCHERSLEBEN 8 STUNDE PROVISIONAL ENTRY LIST

No.  Team - Permanent Teams in GREY Country Rider 1  Vorname  Nat.  Rider 2 Vorname  Nat.  Rider 3 First Name Nat.  Class Bike
3 Phase One Endurance  GBR  Vallcaneras  Pedro  ESP  Cudlin  Alexandre  AUS  Cudlin  Damian  AUS  EWC  Yamaha R1 
5 Amadeus X One  ITA  Gruy  William  USA  Badovini  Ayrton  ITA  Tessaro  Paolo  ITA  EWC  Yamaha R1 
6 Schittko Motorradsport  GER  Bitter  Onno  GER  Ladieges  Hendrik  GER  Schmidt  Oliver  GER  Open  KTM RC 8 
7 Yamaha Austria Racing Team  AUT  Jerman  Igor  SVN  Martin  Steve  AUS  Giabbani  Gwen  FRA  EWC  Yamaha R1 
8 Bolliger Team Switzerland  SUI  Saiger  Horst  AUT  Penzkofer  Rico  GER  Mizera  Eric  FRA  EWC  Kawasaki ZX 10R 
13 PS-LSL-X-lite 13  GER  Röthig  Tim  GER  Kitsch  Harald  GER  Papilion  Bernd  GER  Open  Suzuki GSX R 1000 
14 BK Maco Moto Racing Team  SVK  Pridmore  Jason  USA  Ribalta  Daniel  ESP  Meklau Andreas AUT  EWC  Yamaha R1 
15 Ventair Zone Rouge  FRA  Kapusi  Sylvain  FRA  Fernandes  Joao  POR        Superstock  Yamaha R1 
18 18 Sapeurs-Pompiers  FRA  Mollinier  Stéphane  FRA  Briere  David  FRA  Tangre  Jérôme  FRA  EWC  Suzuki GSX R 1000 
19 BRC Motorrad  GER  Bormann  Mathias  GER  Reimann  Axel  GER  Schmökel  Björn  GER  Open  Buell 1125 RR 
21 RMT 21 Racing Germany  GER  Seidel  Matti  GER  Roth  Thomas  GER        EWC  Honda CBR 1000 
25 Atomic Motor Sport II  FRA  Elbachir  Gerald  FRA  Bouvier  Eddie  FRA  Rousselle  Nicolas  FRA  Superstock  Kawasaki 
37 equipe37  GER  Lupfer-Kusenberg  Florian  GER  van de Wall  Mathijs  NED  Glänzel  Andy  GER  Superstock  Yamaha R1 
39 Atomic Motor Sport  FRA  Ulmann  Olivier  FRA  Danton  Jerôme  FRA  Revaka  Timmy  FRA  Superstock  Kawasaki ZX 10R 
44 No Limits  ITA  Miinin  Christer  SWE  Bellucci  Emiliano  ITA  Gantner  Herve  SUI  EWC  Suzuki GSX R 1000 
45 Buell Racing Bonn  GER  Ankert  Gerold  GER  Ilmenberger  Julius  GER  Aue  Holger  GER  Open  Buell 1125 RR 
48 TSV Völpke powered by Schubert Motors  GER  Bergau  Daniel  GER  Heidger  Frank  GER        Open  BMW K1200s 
54 Evers ZAB Endurance  GER  Evers  Harald  GER  Preuss  Michael  GER  Dünki  Rene  SUI  Open  Triumph Daytona 675 
57 LTG 57 - Zone Rouge  FRA  Millet  Franck  FRA  Srdanov  Branko  NED  Lalevee  Michael  FRA  Superstock  Yamaha R1 
61 PS-LSL-X-lite 61  GER  Raub  Rene  GER  Janakova  Marketa  CZE  Apel  Marco  GER  Open  Suzuki GSX R 1000 
63 Michelin Power Research Team  FRA  Costes  William  FRA  Marchand  Hugo  FRA  Monge  Josep  ESP  EWC  Honda CBR 1000 RR 
65 Motobox Kremer Racing  GER  Steinmacher  Achim  GER  Scherrer  Martin  GER  Paalilainen  Timo  FIN  EWC  Suzuki GSX R 1000 
67 MCP Starteam  FRA  Keller  Jeremy  FRA  Meynle  Patrice  FRA  Ettel  Pascal  FRA  Superstock  Suzuki GSX R 1000 
69 RT Racing Team & Moto Virus  ITA  Devoyon  Jean-Louis  FRA  Jond  Frederic  FRA  Morillon  David  FRA  EWC  Suzuki GSX R 1000 
77 Cordoba Patrimonio de La Humanidad  ESP  Molina  Alvaro  ESP  Sainz  Dailos  ESP  Castro  Luis  ESP  Superstock  Kawasaki ZX-10R 
81 RST-Harz  GER  Geffert  Michael  GER  Bartschat  Karsten  GER  Wollentin  Marcus  GER  Open  Kawasaki ZX 10 R 
84 Markos Suzuki Serbian Team  SRB  Perisic  Dragoslav  SRB  Stanicic  Zejko  SRB  Malec  Marjan  SLO  Superstock  Suzuki GSX R 1000 
87 Moto Evasion Racing Team  SUI  Duviosin  Jérôme  SUI  di Mauro  Yannick  SUI  Labarthe  Blaise  SUI  Superstock  Honda CBR 1000 RR 
89 JOS Motorsport  GER  Albrecht  Lars  GER  Schilling  Jens  GEr  Lemmermann  Ralf  GER  Open  Kawasaki ZX 10 RR 
92 Racing Team Hepelmann  GER  Hepelmann  Hans-Josef  GER  Minnerop  Mike  GER  Krächter  Reinhard  GER  EWC  Yamaha R1 
95 Qatar Endurance Racing Team  QAT  Al Naimi  Mashel  QAT  Al Mannai  Rashid  QAT  Delhalle  Anthony  FRA  Superstock  Suzuki GSX R 1000 
96 Qatar Endurance Racing Team Junior  QAT  Al Naimi  Sultan  QAT  Sal Qubaisi  Naief  QAT  Al Malki  Yousef  QAT  Superstock  Suzuki GSX R 1000 
100 Endurance Moto 45  FRA  Lagrive  Alexandre  FRA  Jaulneau  Nicolas  FRA  Gianfornina  Adrien  FRA  Superstock  Suzuki GSX R 1000 
110 AM Moto Racing Competition  FRA  Hernandez  Sullivan  FRA  Guersillon  Pierre  FRA  Auger  Fabrice  FRA  EWC  Suzuki GSX R 1000 
115 Innodrom  SUI  Platacis  Heinz  AUS  Schmassmann  Niggi  SUI        EWC  Suzuki GSX R 1000 
116 Fullgas Racing Team  FRA  Patault  Philippe  FRA  Galloyer  Didier  FRA        Superstock  Kawasaki ZX 10R 
411 MCS Racing  ITA  Stibilj  Jure  SLO  Hogan  Calvin  GBR  Almeda  Jordi  ESP  EWC  Suzuki GSX R 1000 

FERNANDEZ AND FISSETTE JOIN THE WORLD ENDURANCE CHAMPIONSHIP AT OSCHERSLEBEN


 MARK FISSETTE AND RICO PENZKOFER

Great News for the Macau Racing Team and Joao Fernandes. Finally we could confirm Joao Fernandes’ return to the World Championship level. Endurance World Championship in Oschersleben (GER). Fernandes will follow his team mates to Europe this May to represent the Macau Racing Team. Joao will compete again in the World Endurance Championship in Oschersleben after two years of abstinence from any world championship level. Joao will replace his team mate Marc Fissette in the Belgian Ventair Zone Rouge team – as Fissette will be at the Isle of Man for the first practice session already at that time. German Rico Penzkofer will compete in the same race in Oschersleben for the SK Supported team Bolliger Kawasaki – a regular contenting team in the Macau Grand Prix.


JOAO FERNANDEZ ON THE PODIUM AT MACAU IN 2008

Penzkofer and Fernandes will follow the Macau Racing Team to the Isle of Man on Sunday Night after the World Endurance race. Fernandes will be joining the team as a crew member and using this opportunity to learn the circuit for his own appearance in 2010. Further tasks are assisting his team mates in suspension setups and keeping all the fans and supporters up to date via a diary and news blog on internet. The team also confirmed an agreement with local newspapers to report daily news direct from the world’s biggest motorcycle race at the Isle of Man with rider and team interviews and result lists. More information at the teams' website - www.macau-motorsport.com